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From Land Seizure to Repatriation:
Tracing Indigenous Dispossession and Restitution Efforts

Welcome to our Spring 2025 DSAN5200 group project.

This project investigates the legacy of Indigenous dispossession and the current progress of repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Through temporal, geospatial, and institutional analysis, we explore how the return of Native American ancestral remains reflects deeper tensions between law, history, and justice.

With thoughtful data storytelling and visual design, we aim to honor the human lives behind the data—bringing clarity, accountability, and empathy to a story still unfolding.


Project Sections

Each section below explores a different analytical question in our study.

Let the journey begin——Click an image to enter each chapter.

About Us

Authors: Chenxi Guo, Jiayi Peng, Kexin Lyu, Yanan Wu

We are a team of Georgetown DSAN students passionate about transforming data into meaningful insights.
We believe in the power of data to inform and inspire.


“Data are just summaries of thousands of stories — tell a few of those stories to help make the data meaningful.”

– Chip & Dan Heath